Time To Be Jolly

Hi crafters!  I thought it was time to share a penguin card with you!  Isn't he a cutie!  I started with the Falling Snow mask taped to a piece of coconut white card.  I used Stellar Ice Luna Paste through the Falling Snow mask for the appearance of snow in the background.  I peeled the mask off and set it aside to dry well.  Next I made a multi-layered square frame using the Double Stitched Squares and coconut white card.  I cut a sloped hill using the Stitched Hills and Cloud die set and glued it to the dry background.  Next I cut the igloo out of white card.  I used a pale blue pencil and a gray pencil  to add highlight and detail to the igloo.  I coated it with glue and added Iced Snow for a frosty look.  I cut a second igloo and nipped away just the front area, repeated the same process on it then glued it over the same area on the first one to give a more dimensional look to it.  I added the igloo with foam to the higher side of the sloped hill.  I cut the penguin from the Penguin Palace set out of both white and black and glued them together.  I added a hat and scarf out of red and ice skates out of white.  I used a silver paint pen on the skates.  I added an orange beak and some pink cheeks, the added a snowball out of Iced Snow on his hat.  I added him with foam and made a small lake using Luna Paste for him to stand on.  The North Pole was added behind the igloo and I used a thin marker to highlight the words.  I stamped the first part of the sentiment in black and cut it out and added it to the top of the card.  I cut the Jolly die (die/stamp combo) in both Ruby Red and black and glued them below the stamped setiment.  Once the background was fully dry, I attached the frames over it and trimmed away any excess card.  I used the fall away snowflakes form the Snowflake and Swirl Background cut out of a piece of card I covered with some Luna Paste and glued them in opposite corners.  The card was completed with white, black and red mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 8 1/4"  x  8 1/4"  in size.  All for now. Sue x

Just a quick note, I will be joining Gwen Fletcher today on her 4:30pm show and doing a demo (again from my kitchen!)    Don't forget to tune in today for all of Gwen's shows on Create and Craft at 9am,  4:30 pm  and 8:15pm UK time.  Hope to see you then!  All for now, Sue x

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